2023; Appeal Court President to unveil Presidential Election Petition Tribunal panel May 8

The stage is now set for the President of the Court of Appeal, Justice Monica Bolnaan Dongban-Mensem to formally unveil members of the Presidential Election Petition Tribunal (PEPT) that would adjudicate on all petitions filed against the declaration of Bola Ahmed Tinubu and the All Progressives Congress (APC) as winners of the disputed 2023 Presidential election.

The unveiling of the tribunal members slated for Monday, May 8, 2023, would be carried out at the Court of Appeal Headquarters in Abuja.

A motion on notice for the withdrawal of the petition marked CA/PEPC/01/2023 obtained by TrackNews showed that it has been slated as the first assignment of the tribunal.

Aside from Tinubu, others listed as respondents in AA’s petition are the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), All Progressives Congress APC and Hamza Al Mustapha.

However, other petitions slated for the pre-hearing session are those of the Action People’s Party (APP) marked CA/PEPC/02/2023, which has Bola Ahmed Tinubu, the All Progressives Congress (APC) and the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) as three respondents.

It would be followed by that of Peter Gregory Obi and the Labour Party (LP) marked CA/PEPC/03/2023 with INEC, Senator Bola Ahmed Tinubu, Senator Kashim Shetima and APC as four respondents.

Our correspondent observed that the Court of Appeal’s Main Court Hall to be used by the tribunal has been locked up as part of security measures while security operatives have been deployed to the premises to ward off possible security breaches during the proceedings.

It was also gathered that all parties in the five petitions have been served with hearing notices through the Chambers of their respective lawyers.